Song of Songs 7:3

Song of Songs 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
• New International Version (NIV)Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.

Context of Song of Songs 7:3

1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, my princess! Your round hips are as beautiful as jewels that a clever worker has made. 2Your navel is like a round bowl that is always full of good wine. Your stomach is like a round heap of wheat with lilies around the edge. Your breasts are like two young gazelles that are twins. 4Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes shine like the pools in Heshbon that are near the Bath Rabbim gate. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon that looks towards Damascus. 5Your head stands tall on you, like Mount Carmel. Your long hair hangs down like a royal cloth. It is so beautiful that it can make the king its prisoner!

Song of Songs 7:3 word by word

שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּשְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תָּאֳמֵ֥י צְבִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• breastsשַׁדshad shôd · breastH7699
• youngעֹ֫פֶר‛ôpher · fawnH6082
• roesצְבִיָּהtsebîyâh · gazelleH6646
• twinsתּוֹאָםtâ'ôm tâ'ôm · twinH8380

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thy two breasts - Where the hair and breasts are fine, they are the highest ornaments of the person of a female.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The man praises the woman's dancing feet and then admires her body up to her flowing hair (Song of Solomon 7:1–5). This daighter of the prince might not be from a royal family, but the man sees her as equal to royalty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The daughters of Jerusalem describe her in the same terms as Jesus Christ in So 4:5. The testimonies of heaven and earth coincide. twins--faith and love.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3Your navel is [like] a round basin Your navel is like a basin of clear water with which they wash, and it [the basin] is made of marble, which in Arabic is called “sahar.” He compares it to a round basin because the navel is shaped like a round hole. This praise does not refer to a woman’s beauty as the above praise does, for [in] the above, her beloved praises her, but here, her companions praise her about her deeds, saying: You are worthy to join us…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Desire
• Gazelle
• Roe; Roebuck

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary